I am mobilized with the army right now, and my wife discovered a leaky roof. We had discussed that if the repair is less than $5,000 we wouldnt try to file an I surance claim because that's the cost of the deductable. When the guy came out to do the quote my wife mentioned this and magically the quote came in at $4,800. She scheduled the work immediatly. I cant be upset because she was the one with the leaky roof, but come to find out from talking with a roofer friend of mine, the work really should have been around $1,800. Lessons learned...1) never ever forecast how much you wmare willing to spend. And 2) always I sister quotes have labor, materials, and contingency clearly broken put. The work was just replacing boots and flashing around our sewer vents and chimneys. I am still fuming I am having a hard time swallowing this.